Appliance for curling or waving the hair.



PATENTED JUNE 2, 1903- G. L. HOGAN.

APPLIANCE FOR OURLING OR WAVING THE HAIR APPLICATION FILED OCT. 30,1901.

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Nrrnn STATES Patented June 2, 1903.

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GEORGE LEWIS HOGAN, OF-NEVV YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters lPatent No. 729,587, dated June 2,1903.

Application filed October 30,1901; Serial No. 80,673. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE LEWIS HOGAN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Appliances for Curlingor Waving the Hair, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in appliances for curling the hair;and the object of the invention is to make such appliances of simpleconstruction and by the use of which the hair can be quickly curled orcoiled and be held in that position without any hard or otheruncomfortable material of iiny appreciable size being left in the rollof mm My invention consists, essentially, of a rod, bar, tube, or othersuitable holder over which or along which in longitudinal manner isstretched or placed an elastic band or cord. The hair is rolled orwoundaround both the holder and the elastic band or cord, and when sufficienthair has been wound in this manner one end or part of the elastic isfolded back over the hair and secured to the other end or part of theelastic by being looped over it or by means of one or more buttons,hooks, or other simple contrivances sufficient to hold it in therequired position. i The holder is then withdrawn and may be used withother bands or cor'ds in like manner. The rod, bar, tube, or othersuitable holder may be made in combination with or form part of someother article, such as a comb, a brush, a manicure instrument, or apencil. By preference the rod or holder is made of tapering form and isprovided with some suitable means, such as notches, for holding theelastic band or cord in position. This elastic band or cord ispreferably provided with buttons, tabs, hooks, or the like to facilitatethe handling and fastening of the same. I do not confine myself to anyspecial shape of either the holders or of the bands or cords, nor is itabsolutely essential that the bands or cords should be elastic; but itis much preferable that they should be of anelastic nature. v

. I will now describe my invention with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in Which five of the many forms in which my impro ed is to becurled; and Fig. 6 shows the samehair-curler in a further stage ofuse,-one end or part of the elastic band having been re moved from theholder and folded back over the hair and looped over the other end orpart of the band. The holder is shown as withdrawn from the coil ofhair, which is now completely formed. The elastic band or cord is easilyremoved after the curl has been formed. Fig. 7 shows another simple formof my innproved hair-curler, consisting of a hollow holder and anelastic band, the band being provided with a button. Figs. 8 and 9 show,respectively, the holder and band forming the hair-curler shown in Fig.'7. Fig. 10

shows a plan view of a hair-comb, the back of which is extended andforms the holder or bar part of one of my improved hair-curlers. Fig. 11shows a form of an elastic cord supplied with two buttons, one at eachend, and

a tab or finger-piece at about the center of its length. This form ofelastic cord can be used with any of the holders or bars shown in theaccompanying drawings. Fig. 12 shows another form of my improvedhaircurler, consisting of a wire frame alongthe greater part of which isextended or stretched an elastic cord. Fig. 13 shows a modifiedform ofmy invention, which is specially designed for coiling the hair andconsisting of an open wir frame over the two ends of which are fittedcovers or caps, which are joined together by an elastic cord.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2,. 3, 4, 5, and 6, A is the taper-shaped bar orholder, at each end of which is formed a notch A to hold the elasticband B, which when the appliance is ready for use passes longitudinallyaround the holder or bar A. This band is provided I with tabs orfinger-pieces G G to facilitate handling it. In Fig. 5 the hair H isshown wound around the hair-curler, and in Fig. 6 the holder A is shownreleased from the clastic band B and withdrawn from the coil of hairI-I, one part of the band having been folded back by the tab 0 over thehair and slipped over the tab 0, thus holding the now perfectly formedcurl. To release the band when the curl has had time to set or form, theband is taken back over the tab 0 and then withdrawn from. the hair.

Referring to Figs. 7 8, and 9, the holder A is made of split or slittubular form and tapers slightly from one end to the other. The elasticband B is provided with one button 0. The side or part of the bandopposite to the button 0 is passed over a part of the larger end of theholder A, which is shaped for the purpose, and lies along the inside ofthe same, having been put through the slit, and the opposite side orpart of the band is held at the smaller end of the holder by the button0.

Referring to Fig. 10, the back of the comb X is extended to form the baror holder A, which is provided with notches A A, into which the elasticband or cord is placed in a manner similar to that adopted in the holdershown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Referring to Fig. 11, the elastic cord B is provided at each of its endswitha button 0' O and at about its center with the tab or finger pieceG. This elastic cord can be used with any of the holders or bars shownin the drawings. The tab or finger-piece C may be dispensed with, ifdesired, and the buttons may be substituted by caps or covers, as

those shown hereinafter in Fig. 13, orby other suitable terminationssufficient to hold the to fit over an extension on the holder.

ends of the cord onto the holder.

Referring to Fig. 12, this form of my holder consists of a wire frame orholder A, along the greater part of which is stretched the elastic cordB, one end of which cord carries a button 0, and the other end is loopedat D The button end is placed in a notch at the oppo that position bythe button. The method of using this form is almost identical with thatalready described.

After the hair is wound around the frame or holder A the loop D isreleased from the frame, folded back over the hair, (not shown in thedrawings,) and put over the button 0.

Referring to Fig. 13, this modified form of my appliance consists of anopen wire frame A, with which is used an elastic cord B, near the centerof which is the tab or button 0, the two ends of which elastic cordcarry small caps or covers E E, which fit onto the ends of the wireframe. In this case the hair is wound'in and out between the two arms ofthe frame. The caps or covers at the ends of the cord may be substitutedby buttons or other suitable projections, in which case the two ends ofthe holder must be slotted or divided to form a stop for the buttons atthe ends of the cord.

I claim- 1. In a hair-curler a suitable support, an elastic band or cordheld longitndinallythereon in stretched condition and detachabletherefrom for the purpose of tying the hair and holding it in a fixedposition after the support is Withdrawn ,said bandhaving tneans forholding its ends together wli''ii removed from the holder. V

2. A hair-curler comprising a holder, an elastic piece removably heldthereby in stretched condition, said elastic piece having means by whichthe two ends thereof may be held together when the elastic is lappedback upon itself and the ends interlocked, substantially as described.

3. A hair-curler comprising a holder having a notch at each end and anelastic band engaging said notches and held in stretched condition, saidband having means whereby its ends may be held together when the band isremoved from the holder, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereuntoset my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE LEWIS HOGAN.

